Nazareth

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Nāzăreth, indecl., or Nāzăra, ae, f.,

I a city in Palestine, the home of the parents of Jesus , Vulg. Marc. 1, 9; id. Matt. 2, 23; 4, 13: a Nazareth potest aliquid boni esse? id. Johan. 1, 46.—Form Nazara, Juvenc. 2, 197.

II —Hence, Nazărēnus, Nază-rēus , and Nazărus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Nazareth, Nazarene : Jesus Nazarenus, Vulg. Johan. 19, 19; also, Nazarene , i. e. Christian : disciplina Nazarena, Prud. στεφ. 10, 45: Nazarei viri, Christians , id. ap. Symm. 1, 550: Nazara plebes, Juvenc. 3, 29.— Subst .

1 Nazărēnus , i, m., the Nazarene , i. e. Christ , Prud. Cath. 7, 1. —

2 Nazăraeus , i, m., a Nazarene , Vulg. Matt. 2, 23.

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